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Subject: Legendary Map: Blackout

cant wait to play

  • 03.25.2008 2:55 PM PDT
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OMG !!!.............Oh.....NO.!!!...................Can't .......Hold................It................Back !!!!!.
............................................................. ....???? I'm Done !! Whew, Time for a nap.

  • 03.25.2008 2:56 PM PDT

if this is a remake of lockout will there be gravlifts? if so when did humans get gravlifts?

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Posted by: Coolio911
Cool... But *sigh*... I hate you all, we have guardian. I wish we got another small player map... aka. turf. But I guess mlg prevails. I swear if it turns to Halo 2 and everybody just plays mlg on lockout for the rest of forever, im going to murder somebody... preferably the bungie webmaster.


Amen! (I know he posted this a while ago, but whatever) I would love turf so much!

  • 03.25.2008 2:59 PM PDT

Congrats Bungie u just bought Halo 3 a year at the top of xbox live's (and mine) most played games list.

I was on the fence about not buying this pack and just buying the new COD4 maps but now this is a must buy.

[Edited on 03.25.2008 3:03 PM PDT]

  • 03.25.2008 3:01 PM PDT
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Well, this is pretty sweet really. I do have fond memories of this level, and the new take on it seems pretty cool, can't wait to crack open a can of forge on this ol' girl ..

  • 03.25.2008 3:01 PM PDT

holy Crap i cant belive they actually brought lockout back. i am soo excited to play on blackout in a team slayer game so i can do the jumps and everthing again. BUNGIE IS THE SHIZZLE FOR NIZZLE!!!!!! BEST GAME MAKERS IN THE WORLD.

  • 03.25.2008 3:01 PM PDT

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I will say though that they really need a faithful third iteration of Blood Gulch/Coagulation.

they have one valhalla

  • 03.25.2008 3:01 PM PDT

Try out my map variation out of Rat's Nest: Hangar 92!

THIS IS A DREAM COME TRUE!

Fantastic, Bungie! No wonder the map pack has the word 'Legendary' on it. It is just exellent map and absolutely worth of 800MSP. Although the Heroic one was a real bargain as well when it actually gave dozens of maps thanks to the great fan-made map variations basically in Foundry but also in Rat's Nest and Standoff as well.

This was absolutely the right decision, to put this new Lockout, Blackout to Halo 3. Don't care about the every 1000th fans who say that you shouldn't ever make any remakes as this is Halo 3 not Halo 2.

I don't consider them as Halo fans. They just say so because they're bored to play video games. There's nothing bad if you have some other interests as long as you don't complain about Halo games to us with no proper reason.

It's good that you still remembered to put at least one all-new map, Ghost Town I mean. As you know, there are already enough mid-sized maps. So we currently lack of huge and small maps a bit. There is only one really huge map currently which is Sandtrap but as Avalanhce comes it fixes that problem for a moment. But I still would like that when the Halo 3 map collection is finished it should have totally three huge maps. All would differ much from each other. Like Avalanche and Sandtrap do already though. The theme of the third would be for example:
*Islands (like Uplift from Halo 2 Vista but bigger)
*Moon
*Space ships (like the huge UNSC cannon map on Halo 2)

So now it is really good that there are some smaller maps as well especially when the Halo Multiplayer is kind of all about them. So I would suggest to add several new playlists to the DLC category in Matchmaking:
CQB
Closequarters combat maps, 6 players, all vs all. The maps would be:
Foundry, Blackout, Ghost Town, Guardian

Big Team DLC
Just like Big Team Battle but Social with maps:
Standoff, Rat's Nest, Avalanche, Standoff Covies, Rat's Nest Covies, Avalanche Covies

Special Slayer
The already existing DLC Slayer but with a cooler name. The word 'special' comes from the fact that this playlist is only for the DLC owners.

Hornet Race
VIP variation. 8 players, 4 teams. The VIP is extremely slow with a plasma pistol and the other person aviates a snow Hornet with no firepower.
The maps would be: Narrows, Blackout, Avalanche

Thanks for reading man. But what do you think about this? Would for example the Hornet Race happen?

  • 03.25.2008 3:02 PM PDT

Counter Strike FY Map Pack --> in my file share

Took you long enough… I think you guys are way over-thinking remaking maps, which is killing your map content productivity. You guys should focus your creative talents on the NEW maps and simply copy-n-paste your remakes.

Seriously, for a remake, you just need to update the textures and make a few slight tweaks here and there to better suite Halo 3’s gameplay. You don’t need to totally re-stylize/re-structure your remakes. Completely re-imagining the remake will just waste development time and ultimately just upsets lots of fans of the original. Didn’t you notice how Tombstone was not nearly as loved as Hang em’ High… something tells me that Blackout will not be nearly as loved as Lockout… you guys just don’t know how to remake a map.

If you guys were to simply copy-n-paste your remakes, and then focus your efforts on new maps, we might end up with 5 maps every 3 months… instead of the measly 3 maps every 5 months.

  • 03.25.2008 3:02 PM PDT

Finish the fight

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

  • 03.25.2008 3:03 PM PDT

"Seems to me you should spend less time on that article and more time working on that novel you've been working on!!!"

Posted by: Tacky
Bungie Fails again.

This is not lockout.

You took everything fun out of the game. There are no more of the jumps, no more options, just single, closed minded hallways and closed perimeters for limiting vision across map.

GREAT JOB AT RUINING EVERYTHING YOU TOUCH!

it is a simple COPY and PASTE - nothing more, NOTHING NEEDED TO BE CHANGED FROM THE HALO 2 MAPS.

True halo 2 fans only find this as a disappointing failure like bungie has done time and time again.

Unbelievable. I am losing more and more hope in this pitiful excuse for a game developer every day.
Lol, your name is tacky.
Why don't you go start your own game developing company then a**hat? SO ignorant. To say they ruin everything they touch? WHO made the tuckin' old maps in the first place?!

"Cut and Paste"- Not as easy as it sounds I'm sure. Would not mind it, but a new look never hurts, except maybe production time, but that's not our call guys, get over yourselves.
Design ruining- No fall damage is what hurt Tombstone, not the new look, my dear.
Field of vision- Should be limited, the BR is still annoyingly powerful, and has unfortunately become the weapon of this game.
Hope- BELIEVE.

Don't listen to the haters Bungie, maybe take note of some of the things they say, but don't listen. This map pack is truly Legendary. Just for kicks Bungie, if another pack arises, what will it be called? Are you gonna start adding skulls to the names lol. The IWHBYD on Normal Map Pack. Sounds like a winner.


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  • 03.25.2008 3:05 PM PDT

very small. Great. now im definally gana get powned on this map... i hate small maps. BUT, im glad they made a remake. more places to do more filming for me & my fellow filmers. THANKS BUNGIE. now about the price.....

[Edited on 03.25.2008 3:08 PM PDT]

  • 03.25.2008 3:05 PM PDT

Took you long enough… I think you guys are way over-thinking remaking maps, which is killing your map content productivity. You guys should focus your creative talents on the NEW maps and simply copy-n-paste your remakes.

Seriously, for a remake, you just need to update the textures and make a few slight tweaks here and there to better suite Halo 3’s gameplay. You don’t need to totally re-stylize/re-structure your remakes. Completely re-imagining the remake will just waste development time and ultimately just upsets lots of fans of the original. Didn’t you notice how Tombstone was not nearly as loved as Hang em’ High… something tells me that Blackout will not be nearly as loved as Lockout… you guys just don’t know how to remake a map.

If you guys were to simply copy-n-paste your remakes, and then focus your efforts on new maps, we might end up with 5 maps every 3 months… instead of the measly 3 maps every 5 months.


I agree with you. The updated designs are nice but not at the expense of price or time to market.

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you've got to be kidding me. I looked forward to this so much. I want turf sooooo bad, and all I get is a remake of a map that you already remade?!?

We have guardian. That's good enough for me. I don't need a copy of lockout to keep me happy. I need something new. We need more close range maps that are original. I was looking forward to the Legendary map pack soooo much until I read this. I don't know if I speak for everyone when I say this, but I know I speak for everyone in Monrovia who plays Halo when I say TURF!!! remake turf or remake a map that you haven't ALREADY remade for halo 3, ditch this sad project.

Also, I still love you bungie. This is just sort of like a lump in the delicious pudding known as sidewinder :D

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Posted by: godzilla12321
if this is a remake of lockout will there be gravlifts? if so when did humans get gravlifts?


I think it will be air/fan lifts like in The Pit.
AHHHHHH...MONTAGE!

  • 03.25.2008 3:06 PM PDT
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omg the map is sooo fr3aking cool i got to download right now lolloollolololololololollololol what a kick butt level!!!

  • 03.25.2008 3:07 PM PDT
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AwesomeSauce

  • 03.25.2008 3:08 PM PDT

Posted by: Tacky
Bungie Fails again.

This is not lockout.

You took everything fun out of the game. There are no more of the jumps, no more options, just single, closed minded hallways and closed perimeters for limiting vision across map.

GREAT JOB AT RUINING EVERYTHING YOU TOUCH!

it is a simple COPY and PASTE - nothing more, NOTHING NEEDED TO BE CHANGED FROM THE HALO 2 MAPS.

True halo 2 fans only find this as a disappointing failure like bungie has done time and time again.

Unbelievable. I am losing more and more hope in this pitiful excuse for a game developer every day.
I totally agree, why couldnt they have just done it the way they did Zanzibar/last resort. This is just like what happened with hang em high. Blackout wont be the same. Im sick of all these UNSC maps, what happened to bungie's creativity? Everyone is only creaming there pants over this because it's a nightime map, thats retarded.

  • 03.25.2008 3:08 PM PDT

Seems like a great adition. I'm acctually interested in playing Assault on here.

  • 03.25.2008 3:08 PM PDT

Lockout was very over used and Blackout will be too. But it looks pretty sick >:-)

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Can you believe it?

Nice the 1st ever night map and it looks awesome.

  • 03.25.2008 3:10 PM PDT

Stay classy Bungie.net!

yyyyeeeaaaaaaa!!! 22nd page! j/k


new lockout=3000 more games on xxblindmenseexx's games history

  • 03.25.2008 3:11 PM PDT
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One thing I forgot...

If I want to play a map from halo 2, I'll play halo 2 instead of paying 800 MSP for a map that I already own. Please, PLEASE, reconsider this massive blunder.

  • 03.25.2008 3:11 PM PDT
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All the EhmeLuGe players ought to have creamed their pants. They must sense the chosen one by now. Finally get their own little orgy pit while we have fun on plot relevant maps. Just came to mind, isnt halo3 Rated M ? if anybody enforced that MLG ranks would considerably Decrease.

but I digress, most of them could probably kick my ass in a 1v1

cant wait Bungie, thanks for being the world industry leader on fan-base involvement

  • 03.25.2008 3:12 PM PDT